Patents Examined by Keith J Frisby
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Patent number: 10625550Abstract: A control arm and a method of manufacturing thereof is disclosed. The control arm is made of an aluminum extrusion profile with a first end section, a second end section, and a middle section, which connects the first and second end sections. The control arm includes a base, two side walls, which are angled substantially perpendicular therefrom and which are spaced apart from one another on the longitudinal side, with a height H, and flanges, which are angled substantially perpendicular from the side walls at their free end. The first end section includes a first connecting region, the second end section includes a second connecting region, and the middle section includes at least one third connecting region.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2018Date of Patent: April 21, 2020Assignee: BENTELER AUTOMOBILTECHNIK GmbHInventors: Frode Paulsen, Dirk Voigt, Guido Boeing, Stephan Meyer
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Patent number: 10625796Abstract: An auto-leveling drive axle device for a wheel tractor, and leveling method. The device comprises a transmission device and a leveling device. The device of the present invention changes only a vertical position of a drive axle with respect to a wheel, and a wheel shaft distance and wheel center spacing are not changed, thus improving traveling stability of a vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2017Date of Patent: April 21, 2020Assignee: JIANGSU UNIVERSITYInventors: Jiangyi Han, Gaogao Shang, Changgao Xia, Xiang Gao, Jing Liu
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Patent number: 10598268Abstract: A support structure of a vehicle drive system unit includes a unit case having a plurality of case members provided with abutting portions at axial opening ends, the abutting portions axially abutted against and bolt-fastened to each other to integrally couple the plurality of case members, one of the plurality of case members as a fixing case member being fixed via a supporting member to a body-side supporting portion. In the support structure, a reinforcing stiffener is disposed on the outside of the unit case so as to couple at least one of the abutting portion of the fixing case member and the abutting portion of another case member abutted against and bolt-fastened to the abutting portion of the fixing case member, and the supporting member or the body-side supporting portion to which the supporting member is fixed.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2018Date of Patent: March 24, 2020Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Noritaka Nakajima, Hiroshi Kawanishi
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Patent number: 10598292Abstract: A hydraulic system includes a hydraulic pump. A first hydraulic shock is coupled to a first port of the hydraulic pump. A second hydraulic shock is coupled to a second port of the hydraulic pump. A first hydraulic cylinder is coupled to the first port of the hydraulic pump. A second hydraulic cylinder is coupled to the second port of the hydraulic pump. A first valve is coupled between the first hydraulic cylinder and second hydraulic cylinder. The first valve can be actuated by a computer system or can be a ball and spring check valve. A second valve is coupled between the first hydraulic cylinder and second hydraulic cylinder. A flow direction of the second valve is opposite a flow direction of the first valve. A first piston is disposed in the first hydraulic cylinder, and a second piston is disposed in the second hydraulic cylinder.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2017Date of Patent: March 24, 2020Inventor: Thomas W. Melcher
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Patent number: 10597066Abstract: An energy absorption element for a steering column of a motor vehicle may comprise a deformation element, a first fastening element, and a second fastening element. The deformation element may be connected to the first fastening element and to the second fastening element and is arranged in a force flux with respect to a force that can be exerted on the first fastening element relative to the second fastening element. To achieve improved security against damage due to unauthorized use or inadvertent damage and, in the process, requiring little outlay on manufacturing and installation, a predetermined breaking element may be connected to the first and second fastening elements parallel to the deformation element in the force flux.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2016Date of Patent: March 24, 2020Assignees: THYSSENKRUPP PRESTA AG, THYSSENKRUPP AGInventors: Hannes Kurz, Werner Adelmann, Matthias Nicolussi
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Patent number: 10589624Abstract: The invention relates to power take-off devices for internal combustion engines and can be used, in particular, in different vehicles for taking power from reciprocating internal combustion engines. The present power take-off device for an internal combustion engine comprises at least two pairs of transfer mechanisms, coupled to the pistons of an engine, wherein a transfer mechanism is adapted to convert the reciprocating motion of its corresponding piston into rotary motion of a corresponding power take-off shaft. Each transfer mechanism comprises a means of setting rotation, which is mounted on a shaft connected to the piston, said means comprising a transfer component with at least one continuous, wave-like, vertically guiding track in the form of a guiding contact path, and a running wheel which moves along the contact path and has a fixed vertical position. The device provides an increase in engine efficiency of up to 50% and reduces the number of revolutions for similar levels of power output.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2016Date of Patent: March 17, 2020Inventor: Pavel Valerievich Shaplyko
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Patent number: 10576821Abstract: A drive mechanism comprises a flywheel, a flywheel damper removably connected to the flywheel, a pump drive, and an intermediate shaft. The pump drive comprises a housing, an input shaft mounted to the housing for rotation relative thereto about an axis of rotation, and a seal surrounding the input shaft to establish a sealed connection therewith. The intermediate shaft is co-axial with the input shaft relative to the axis of rotation and removably connected to the flywheel damper and the input shaft. The seal is replaceable. An associated method for replacing the seal is disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2018Date of Patent: March 3, 2020Assignee: Deere & CompanyInventors: Cecil H. Wise, Jr., Dwayne B. Watt, Randall L. Long, Danny G. Voth
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Patent number: 10556562Abstract: An occupant protection device for a vehicle includes a seat, a three-point seatbelt device, and a belt airbag device. An occupant to board the vehicle is to sit on the seat. The three-point seatbelt device includes a seatbelt extendable across a front of an upper body of the occupant sitting on the seat. The belt airbag device includes a belt airbag that is provided at a shoulder belt section, which is extendable from a shoulder to a waist of the occupant, of the seatbelt, and that is configured to be deployed when a collision occurs. The belt airbag includes a belt-direction deployment section extendable and deployable along the shoulder belt section, and an intersecting-direction deployment section extendable and deployable in a direction intersecting the shoulder belt section. The sections are configured to form a single bag by being coupled to each other below a head of the occupant sitting on the seat.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2017Date of Patent: February 11, 2020Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATIONInventors: Takao Kondo, Isamu Nagasawa
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Patent number: 10556623Abstract: Cross-member for a motor-vehicle front suspension, comprising a first structure of metal, a second structure of composite material joined to the first structure and a plurality of mounting members connected to each other by the first structure to allow mounting of one or more components of the front suspension onto the cross-member, wherein the second structure comprises a base body wholly made of a composite material with a polymer matrix and at least one reinforcement element securely connected to the base body in predetermined areas thereof to contribute to the mechanical strength and stiffness of the whole cross-member whereby the second structure includes a main portion extending in a transverse direction, a pair of longitudinal appendages projecting rearwards from the opposite ends of the main portion, and a pair of struts extending upwards each from a respective longitudinal appendage.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2016Date of Patent: February 11, 2020Assignee: Sistemi Sospensioni S.p.A.Inventors: Marco Goia, Andrea Santini
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Patent number: 10550927Abstract: A vehicle is provided. The vehicle may include a vehicle floor that defines a transmission tunnel and a crossmember. The crossmember may include a pair of longitudinal beams disposed along and sandwiching sled runners to the floor. Crossbeams may extend from and span between the pair to define an inner periphery that extends below and surrounds an outer periphery of an oil pan. One or more of the crossbeams may cap a tunnel that is defined by the floor.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2017Date of Patent: February 4, 2020Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: James William Dunham, Kyle Mattinson
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Patent number: 10549597Abstract: A twist axle assembly (20) of a vehicle includes a pair of trailing arms (22) and a twist beam (24) having a base portion (46) extending along an axis (A) between first and second twist beam ends (42, 44). The twist beam (24) includes a pair of side walls (48) extending downwardly from the base portion (46) and each disposed in spaced relationship with the trailing arms (22). At least one mounting bracket (54) extends from a first mounting bracket end (56) disposed in abutting relationship with a respective trailing arm (22) to a second mounting bracket end (58) disposed in overlaying relationship the side walls (48) of the twist beam (24) for allowing the mounting bracket to axially slip or slide along the side walls (48) of the twist beam (24) and provide for lateral or axial adjustment of the twist axle assembly (20) during the manufacturing process.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2015Date of Patent: February 4, 2020Assignee: MAGNA INTERNATIONAL INC.Inventors: Kevin Richard Langworthy, Sten Ermond Burris
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Patent number: 10543726Abstract: A lower control arm includes a body including a body portion and an arm elongated from the body portion, and a sleeve having a tubular shape. The arm includes an end spaced from the body portion, a top surface, and a bottom surface opposite the top surface. The sleeve is fixed to the end. The sleeve includes a slit extending lengthwise that is disposed closer to one of the top surface and the bottom surface than to a middle of the end.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2017Date of Patent: January 28, 2020Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Marwan El-Bkaily, Michael Chang, Tushar Kamble, Peter J. Jargowsky, David Lee
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Patent number: 10543796Abstract: Provided is a protection device for a vehicle electrical component capable of preventing damage to a predetermined electrical component due to hitting by a battery, and also capable of reducing noise/vibration. The disclosure is a protection device which protects a starter in a vehicle in which a battery and the starter are disposed to face each other with a space therebetween in an engine room of the vehicle in which components constituting a power plant or a power train are supported by a vehicle body via a mount and a bracket. The skid block serving as the protection device includes bracket attachment portions attached to a transmission attachment portion of the bracket, and a skid block main body extending upward from the bracket attachment portions and gradually away from the bracket extension portion, and having a distal end portion positioned between the battery and the starter and facing the battery.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2018Date of Patent: January 28, 2020Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tsutomu Isafushi, Yoshikazu Mukaiyama
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Patent number: 10532787Abstract: A compact mobility device has an adjustable drive mode. The device includes a base panel and a number of drive wheels rotatably provided at opposite ends of the base panel. The drive wheels are configured to rotate by receiving torque from a driving unit. A column is constituted by a plurality of links connected in series to be foldable and is configured such that a lower end of a lower link is rotatably coupled to the base panel with an upper end of an upper link being provided with a steering handle. An auxiliary wheel is provided between the links constituting the column and is configured to roll along with the drive wheels by coming into contact with a ground when the links are folded.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2017Date of Patent: January 14, 2020Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors CorporationInventor: Jun Hwan Park
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Patent number: 10526033Abstract: The vehicle includes: a vehicle body rotatable about a roll axis; one or more front wheels; a front wheel support supporting the one or more front wheels turnably to a turning direction about a turning axis; one or more rear wheels; an operation input unit to be operated to input a turning direction; a lean angle changing unit for changing a lean angle of the vehicle body in a vehicle width direction about a lean axis different from the roll axis; and a lean control unit for controlling the lean angle changing unit.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2016Date of Patent: January 7, 2020Assignee: EQUOS RESEARCH CO., LTD.Inventors: Munehisa Horiguchi, Akira Mizuno
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Patent number: 10518805Abstract: A knuckle apparatus for a vehicle suspension system, may include a bearing device having an assembly end portion protruding and extending from a center thereof; and a knuckle device having a plurality of brackets connected to a suspension system component, the brackets being coupled through the assembly end portion.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2017Date of Patent: December 31, 2019Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors CorporationInventors: Dong Min Lim, Jae Kil Lee, Kyu Wan Lee, Patrick Alain Hasselt
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Patent number: 10512572Abstract: A wheelchair suspension comprises a frame, at least one pivot arm, at least one front caster, at least one rear caster, a stabilizing system, and a sensor. The pivot arm is coupled to the frame. The front caster is coupled to the pivot arm. The rear caster is coupled to the frame. The stabilizing system is coupled to the frame and the pivot arm. The sensor is arranged such that tipping of the frame causes actuation of the stabilizing system to at least partially resist further movement of the frame.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2018Date of Patent: December 24, 2019Assignee: INVACARE CORPORATIONInventors: Gerold Goertzen, William A. Null, Robert L. Cuson
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Patent number: 10513240Abstract: It is provided a chain link for a link chain which is flexible per se and in which chain links connected to each other are movable in relation to each other and can be locked to each other such that the link chain which is flexible per se can be stiffened by locking the chain links to each other. The chain link has at least a first connection segment for the connection to a first chain link and a further second connection segment for the connection to a second chain link. The chain link has a carrier having the first connection segment and has an adjustment part having the second connection segment, said adjustment part being supported in an adjustable manner relative to the carrier.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2016Date of Patent: December 24, 2019Assignee: BROSE FAHRZEUGTEILE GMBH & CO. KOMMANDITGESELLSCHAFT, COBURGInventors: Mario Stegerer, Fabian Lang, Michael Hoeppel
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Patent number: 10501040Abstract: An occupant protection device for a vehicle includes: a three-point seatbelt device having a seatbelt extendable across a front of an upper body of an occupant sitting on a seat; and a belt airbag device including a belt airbag that is provided at a shoulder belt section, which is extendable from a shoulder to a waist of the occupant, of the seatbelt the belt airbag being configured to be deployed when a collision occurs. The belt airbag includes a belt-direction deployment section extendable and deployable along the shoulder belt section, and an intersecting-direction deployment section extendable and deployable in a direction intersecting the shoulder belt section. The belt-direction deployment section and the intersecting-direction deployment section are configured to form a single bag by being coupled to each other below a head of the occupant sitting on the seat.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2019Date of Patent: December 10, 2019Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATIONInventors: Takao Kondo, Isamu Nagasawa
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Patent number: 10501045Abstract: An airbag includes a main inflatable section which includes a front-collision arresting face at the rear plane as deployed, a protruding inflatable section which includes an oblique-collision arresting face, and an arresting recess formed between the front-collision arresting face and oblique-collision arresting face. An outer tether is disposed on the outside of the airbag for preventing the protruding inflatable section from moving away from the main inflatable section at airbag deployment. The outer tether includes a side edge disposed towards the protruding inflatable section and a front edge disposed towards the main inflatable section. The side edge is jointed to an upper edge of the oblique-collision arresting face by a side joint which is formed over a generally entire area in a front and rear direction of the protruding inflatable section. The front edge is jointed to an upper edge of the front-collision arresting face by a front joint.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2017Date of Patent: December 10, 2019Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.Inventor: Ikuo Yamada